Dr. Monty Kujur obtained her M.Sc (Biotechnology) from Utkal University, M.Phil (Life Science) and Ph.D (Microbiology) from Sambalpur University, Odisha. Presently, she is working as an Assistant Professor (Biotechnology) at Gangadhar Meher University, Amruta Vihar, Sambalpur She has eight years of experience in teaching and research. She has published many research publications in various refereed international and Scopus Indexed Journal. She has also presented many papers in various national and international conferences. Her area of interest includes soil microbiology, metagenomics and molecular biology. Dr. Kujur has successfully mentored six postgraduate students during their final year dissertation project, one M.Phil. student and supervising one doctoral student.